Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stressed on Sunday that an eviction of illegal settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron was the expression of the government's uncompromising approach to lawlessness, the Ha'aretz daily reported.

"In every case where the law is violated, we will respond without compromise, and we won't reconcile ourselves to illegal facts on the ground," Olmert was quoted as speaking at the first cabinet meeting of his newly sworn-in government.

He said that the forced eviction of three settler families from a Hebron house bears no relation to the government's policy of convergence.

The new Defense Minister Amir Peretz updated the government on the chain of events that lead to the eviction, calling on the government to continue enforcing the law.

Earlier on Sunday, security forces completed the eviction of three families holed up in the Palestinian house in Hebron.

Three settler families have refused to leave the Palestinian home that they have been illegally occupying for a month.

The High Court of Justice ordered the evacuation of the house by Monday after rejecting a petition by the settlers to reconsider the eviction order.

Dozens of Jewish youths came to reinforce the families' resistance.

During a night of clashes between the settlers and police, 13 border police were wounded and seven settlers were arrested.

Olmert, who was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, has vowed to demarcate Israeli final borders by 2010 by evacuating isolated settlements in the West Bank while keeping the major ones with or without peace talks with the Palestinian side.

Source: Xinhua